SPONSORED LINKS
When recording CDR, its not so much a need for high speed as a need that the data flow not be interupted. If you're planning to record CDs then check out the Adaptec CDR page http://www.adaptec.com/support/cdrec/faqindex.html#services They also have a mailing list and a mailing list archive with lots of info about recording vinyl (would you believe water on the vinyl when recording). BTW, one of the nice things about archiving to CDR is that you will have a good chance of still having a CDRom reader on your system that will read it in 3 years. Tape media seems to become obsolete so quickly. Enjoy, Jim McGhee Ken Manheimer wrote: > > On Thu, 8 May 1997, John Kim wrote: > > > > Is anyone else thinking about basing their backup strategies on > > > write-once CD ROM drives? I'm planning on it, but have been holding > > > out for the price of 4x write CD-R (record once) cd drives to come > > > down enough. > > > > > > Though 650 MB isn't huge - nowhere near travan TR-4 4GB - the media is > > > so convenient! I envision copying the image of the installed OS on > > > > At work, we've got both DAT drives and CD-Rs, and you're right > > about the the CDs being more convenient. Another not-so-trivial > > benefit is the ability to mix your own audio and Photo CDs. Put > > 70 minutes of your favorite songs on one CD and play that in > > your car, instead of ejecting and inserting a half dozen > > different CDs while driving. > > (As a matter of fact, i'm very eager to record some of the vinyl albums > i love, which would never otherwise appear in CD format. I even plan to > splurge on a nice, low noise-floor digitizer, to produce good copies. > When it comes to the audio considerations, "buffer underflow" becomes a <snip>